When winter is right around the corner, how can you be sure that your rain garden will be okay? Here are a few tips on how to ...
If you have an area in your yard that regularly collects water after a downpour, you can turn it into a landscaping asset by ...
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What is a rain garden, and how does it work? Rain gardens, sometimes called bio-retention areas, are shallow depressions in the landscape that capture stormwater and allow it to gradually percolate ...
See how to create a rain garden with beautiful native and adapted plants for pollinators. When it rains, it pours, and it’s no fun when it pools up next to the house, even in a brief cloudburst. And ...
South Bay designer Shelkie Tao specializes in water-efficient landscaping, including rain gardens. Photo courtesy Shelkie Tao/Water Efficient Gardens. Whether you’re looking to make your landscaping ...
A rain garden is a green infrastructure project that can improve the quality of stormwater, minimize pollution, and enhance biodiversity and pollinator habitat. Purdue, Iowa State and Illinois-Indiana ...
One homeowner on Reddit recently shared photos of five months’ worth of progress on their beautiful and functional new rain garden. A rain garden is a landscaping feature designed to trap runoff from ...
From cleaning up vegetable beds to adding lime, these simple autumn chores prevent disease and prepare your soil for next ...
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The spring and summer seasons bring the possibility for heavy rainfall and contaminated stormwater runoff entering stormwater inlets. Colleen Armstrong, stormwater ...